Printing device.



N0- 857,039. PATENTED JUNE 18, I907.

JI SI I PRINTING DEVICE.

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John Doe.

Chicago,

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JOSEPH s. DUNCAN, OF OHICAGQ-LLLINOIS, ASSIGNOR o ADDRESSOGRAPH COMPANY,OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

PRINTING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

)PatentedJune I8, 1907.

Application filed April 9, 1906. Serial No. 310,:11-

the insertion and removal of a type holder and a card in'the frame of aprinting device and also provide for locking the type holder and card inplace.

In the accompanying drawings illustrating the invention Figure 1 is afront view of the printing device. Fig. 2 is a back view. Fig. 3 is asectional view on the line 33 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings 5 designates the frame which is rovided withspacing flanges 6 at its ends an has a head 7 at its top and a flange 8at its bottom. The s acing flanges at each end of the frame are preerably formed with a back9, a top 10 and a bottom lip 11 (Fig. 3). Thecard 12 is held in place on the frame beneath the bead 7 at the top ofthe frame, the lip 13 which engages one end of the cardthe lip 13 whichengages the lower edge of the card, and the lip 14. The stop 14 preventsthe card slipping out from beneath the bead and lips and the lip 14 islocated just below said stop to engage the lower right hand corner ofthe card and prevent the card from accidentally rising and slipping overthe sto The t pe holder 15 is provided with a plurality 0 type grooves16 to receive the ty e 17. In the drawings I have shown a hold drprovided with four type grooves and lines of type in three of saidgrooves. It is customary to provide printing devices adapted for eachparticular pur ose and when three lines of type are desire a holderhaving three grooves and a frame to accommodate a holder of thiscapacity is provided, but it is not necessary that everfi groove of theholder should be supplied wit a line of type. The type holder is held inplace between the over-hanging lips 18 at the'top of the holder and theinwardly bent flange 19 at the bottom of the holder, and it is preventedfrom sliding endwise by the stop 20 at one end and the lock 21 at theother end. This lock consists of a tongue 21 formed by stamping outmetal from the frame (Fig. 2) and at the end of this tongue there is anupstanding lip 22 which forms a etc to prevent endwise movement of thetype ho der and a handle lip 23 projecting forwardly but slightly offsetto raise it above the plane of the front face of the frame. After thetype holder is slid into place on the frame the spring tongue 21 carriesthe locking lip up to prevent endwise movement of the holder and thusthe holder is confined in the uiding grooves formed by the over-hangingips 18 and the inwardly-bent flange 19 by the end stops 20, 22.

These printing devices are very largely used for printing addresses andare designed to be stored in accordance with a regular card indexsystem. An im ression of the address formed by 'the type 1n the holderis made on the card so that it can be easily read and the card may bespaced and lined in any suitable manner to receive any other desiredinformation. in u right position in the tray or box in whic they arestored the ends 19 of the flange 19, are preferably bent to asubstantially horizontal position to form feet upon which and the lowerends. of the guide flanges 6 theprinting device will stand in uprightposition. The card is inserted in the frame by first entering its lefthand end beneath the bead 7 and the lip 14 at the right hand end of theframe and then pushin the card into place until the right hand end liaspassed the stop 14. The li 14 in conjunction with the bead 7 will holthe right hand end of the card close to the frame and prevent it fromrising over the stop 14. The type holder is which slides under the lips18 and t inward slightly so that the flange 19 will enga e therewith andhold the lower edge of the ho der tightly against the frame. The lookinglip 22 projects upward above the tongue and when the type holder isarranged in place in the frame it 1s first laid u on the locking deviceand then slid forwar to the left beneath the lips 18 and flange 19 untilthe right hand end of the holder has assed the lip which is thereuponcarried up y the tongue to engage the right hand end of the type holder.

The device is simple in construction and the construction andarrangement is such that both the card and the type holder can bereadily inserted in or removed from the To enable the device to standframe. This greatly simplifies the use of devices of this character andthereby promotes their sale.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A printing device of the character described comprising a frame,means for removably holding acard in place on the frame, said meanscomprising a stop at one end of the frame to engage one end of the card,and a lip on the frame beneath said stop to overlap the corner of thecard and hold the card in engagement with said stop.

2. A printing device of the character described comprising a frame andmeans for holding a card in place on the frame, said means consisting ofa bead at the top of the frame to engage the upper edge of the card, alip on the frame to engage .the bottom of the card between its ends, alip at one end of the frame to engage one end. of the card, a stop atthe other end of the frame against which the adjacent end of the cardabuts, and a lip on the frame beneath said stop to overlap the lowercorner of the card at the end adjacent to said stop and hold the card inengagementwith said stop.

3. A printing device of the character descrlbed comprising a frame,means on said frame for holding a type holder, and a looking device onthe frame comprising a spring tongue, there being an upstanding lip andan offset handle lip on said tongue.

4. A printing device of the character described comprising a frame, andmeans on said frame for holding a type holder thereon, said meanscomprising an inwardly bent upstanding flange to engage the lower edgeof the'holder, the endsof said flange being bent to form feet for theholder.

5. A printing device of the character described comprising a frame,means on said frame for holding a type holder, said means comprising anoverhanging lip to engage'the upper edge of the holder, an inwardly bentflange to engage the lower edge of the holder, the ends of said flangebeing bent to form feet for the holder, a fixed stop to be engaged byone edge of the holder, and a locking device to engage the other endofthe holder, said locking device comprising a spring tongue, anupstanding locking lip, and an offset handle lip.

Josnrn s. DUNCAN. Witnesses M. A. Krnnrn, WM. 0. BELT.

